Providing Information on Cooling for those with MS
Why cool
Cooling restores activity in heat-blocked axons, providing immediate relief. With appropriate devices, cooling provides a tool to better manage heat-related symptoms, a strategy for the life-style management of MS.
Cooling offsets the heat-load of exercise; axons continue to conduct, enabling heat-sensitive individuals to obtain the benefits of exercise.
Cooling provides a potential mechanism to slow the disease’s insidious progression. By restoring neural activity, cooling fosters remyelination and protects the axon from degeneration.